Cause of Death

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Year Small-pox Measles Scarlet fever Diptheria Whooping Cough Fever Diarrhoea Cholera Violent Deaths Other
1871 321 Show data context 212 Show data context 406 Show data context 52 Show data context 263 Show data context 401 Show data context 379 Show data context 14 Show data context 308 Show data context 2,356 Show data context
1881 4 Show data context 217 Show data context 85 Show data context 60 Show data context 177 Show data context 150 Show data context 159 Show data context 4 Show data context 309 Show data context 1,165 Show data context
1891 1 Show data context 208 Show data context 50 Show data context 73 Show data context 274 Show data context 80 Show data context 188 Show data context 3 Show data context 328 Show data context 1,205 Show data context
1901 4 Show data context 175 Show data context 27 Show data context 94 Show data context 154 Show data context 87 Show data context 204 Show data context 8 Show data context 358 Show data context 1,111 Show data context
1911 1 Show data context 420 Show data context 7 Show data context 92 Show data context 51 Show data context 55 Show data context 383 Show data context 339 Show data context 1,348 Show data context
Date: Source:
1871 - 1911 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) ,

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Cause of Death as reported by the Registrar General's Quarterly Returns, 1871-1911. These reports used a greatly simplified cause of death classification, mainly focused on epidemic diseases of childhood, and provided no breakdown of causes of death by gender or age. Note that the detailed classification changed between 1901 and 1911: in 1911, Cholera was not listed, 'Fever' was replaced by the more specific 'Enteric or Typhoid Fever', and 'Diarrhoea' was replaced by 'Diarrhoea and Enteritis', specifical...


ly for deaths under 2 years.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Devon RegC through time | Life & Death Statistics | Cause of Death, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 23rd April 2024